The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention with jail inmates reduces post-release recidivism, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior.
This project imports social-personality theory and research on moral emotions and cognitions to the applied problems of crime, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior. The primary aim of this study, a Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) of the restorative justice-inspired Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention, is to examine the efficacy of treatment and to determine if changes in moral emotions and cognitions serve as mechanisms of action, explaining the impact of treatment involvement on reductions in post-release recidivism, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
200
45 minute Motivational Interview plus 16 session IOC intervention
45 minute Motivational Interview session
Fairfax County Adult Detention Center
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
Time frame: 3 months post-release
Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
Time frame: 1 yr post-release
Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
Time frame: 3 yr post-release
Recidivism - Self report of arrests and undetected crimes
Time frame: 5 yr post-release
Recidivism -- official FBI records of arrests
Time frame: 1 yr post-release
Recidivism -- official FBI records of arrests
Time frame: 3 yr post-release
Recidivism -- official FBI records of arrests
Time frame: 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported shame-proneness from baseline
Time frame: changes from baseline to post tx and 3 mo, 1 yr, 3yr and 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported guilt proneness from baseline
Time frame: changes from baseline to post tx, and 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes from self-reported empathy from baseline
Time frame: changes from baseline to post tx, 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes from self-reported criminogenic thinking at baseline
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Time frame: changes from baseline to post tx, and 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported substance use and dependence from 1 yr pre-incarceration
Time frame: changes from pre-incarceration to 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release
Changes in self-reported HIV risk behavior (sex and IDU) from 1 year pre-incarceration
Time frame: changes from pre-incarceration to 3 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr post-release